HOLYMESH Store-Opening
was a huge success!

opened the first shop on November 4th

HOLYMESH Store-Opening was a huge success!

On Saturday the 4th of November, HOLYMESH opened their first store at Alexa. An hour before the official shop opening, dozens of fans waited in front of the store.Trendy YouTuber collections and the HOLYCOLLECTION come to life in the new "Millennial Store" at Alexa. The following partners of HOLYMESH will sell their products in addition to the HOLYCOLLECTION in the store: Herr Bergmann, Concrafter / LUCA, DFelix von der Laden, Izzi, Joyce, Diana zur Löwen, Y-Titty, iBlali, xLaeta, Phil Laude, Bullshit TV und ApeCrime.

Later the day, YouTuber and HOLYMESH partner iBlali visited the store and the following autograph signing session on the Metropolis Court stage attracted some 2,000 fans. Other social influencers will visit the store on a regular basis. This makes the entire store an influencer space and thus the stage for further autograph sessions or live streams.

We are very happy to receive the Real Estate Marketing Award 2017

This year, the "Real Estate Marketing Award 2017" was again honored as part of the international real estate exhibition Expo Real in Munich.Winners of the award for the category "Trade" are Union Investment Real Estate / Sonae Sierra / 21Media, with the "First Store by Alexa".

The winner of the retail competition “First Store by Alexa”—and therefore from November 2017 the operator of its own store in the Berlin shopping and leisure centre Alexa—is HOLYMESH. The winner won both the public vote, in which nearly 2,000 Alexa customers and Facebook fans participated, and the final jury vote. HOLYMESH a young, online businesses based in Cologne that sells stylish, trendy clothing and accessory collections by German social influencers exclusively in its online shop. Its partners are some of Germany’s most famous and successful YouTubers and social media stars—including Y-Titty, Shirin David and Herr Bergmann.

The Founders & Managing Directors of HOLYMESH, Nadja Bilek and Jasmina Borgard, responded enthusiastically to the news of her competitive success: "We are very happy to be the winner of the First Store competition. Our community has given us very positive feedback about our participation. It’s our first step into bricks-and-mortar retail and a little experiment. But we are sure that Alexa provides us with the best location we could wish for in this step into the offline world.”

They discussed the applications and selected the six most promising concepts for Alexa. ‘We are very happy that our competition consists of such a huge range of creative business ideas that really challenged us on the jury. Alexa’s customers can now look forward to an exciting vote and interesting winners,’ said jury chairman Volker Noack, CEO of Union Investment Real Estate GmbH.

The Competition

Vivid, colourful, unique: This is the ideal for a vibrant marketplace. Innovative concepts offer variety.

This is precisely the vision for the retail casting “First Store by Alexa”. We want to give newcomers impetus and opportunities to dare to try.

Best Newcomer

You’re a real newcomer to the market? A one-man show or a small team? You want to set up a start-up and get going straight away? You have a business idea, maybe even a kiosk or a backyard workshop... but so far no shop of your own in a prime location? Or maybe you sell your products on a small scale through regional distributors? Then you belong in this category.

Here in the heart of Berlin, trends are created and creativity meets innovation. Startups and Newcomers will find an excellent platform to venture into new territory and test new concepts.

Volker Noack, Member of the Management Board at Union Investment Real Estate GmbH

The prize is a fantastic start for a first own store. In 2001 I opend my first AMPELMANN shop in Berlin Mitte and it was an unbelievable experience. But it not only pays off for the winners. First Store has the potential to become a wide platform and a sustainable event for the shopping metropolis Berlin.

Markus Heckhausen, Founder and CEO of the cult brand AMPELMANN

We have partnered with First Store because we can't imagine a world without retail stores, even as we see that retail is changing and must change. What ideas can consumers hope for in the future? We hope the competition will provide many different answers to that question.

Susanne Risch, director of brand eins Wissen GmbH & Co. KG

Of course we would have loved to participate and are therefore a bit sad that this competition is taking place so soon after our grand opening and that we therefore cannot participate. We are nevertheless really pleased that our launch in Alexa was so successful and that we can now also be part of the jury.

Jens Peter Klatt, Head of Multichannel, Mister Spex

If you want to inspire and encourage true innovation, you must do the legwork in advance. The initiators have combined good elements and created a great presentation platform for retail - even without mentioning the exclusive prize.

Dr. Kai Hudetz, Director of the Institute for Retail Research

The Location

Like Piccadilly Circus in London or Times Square in New York, Alexanderplatz is a phenomenon. A symbol of Berlin and the city’s #1 tourist hotspot. For 300,000 people a day, it is a place for encounters and cheer—and today that always means consumption, too. In short, Alexanderplatz is the perfect place for a shopping mall named Alexa.

The Centre

Alexa greets more than 16 million customers annually. Whether for fashion, beauty, art or food: With more than 185 shops and restaurants on more than 55,000 square meters, the shopping centre is a great choice for all ages, tastes and budgets. In the middle of Berlin.